If you’ve read the French Language Learning Project starting post, then feel free to skip this one. It basically has the same information for the Spanish Language Learning Project as is in the French language learning project, but unsurprisingly, for Spanish. Spanish Language Learning Project: My History with Spanish I studied Spanish for a couple […]

As I stated in last week’s post, my next language learning project will come in two parts: a French language learning project and a Spanish language learning Project. The reason I am doing this is because I realised when learning Mandarin that my general language prowess had become terrible due to neglect. Whilst I once […]

I’ve been without a mission since completing the last language learning project. This month I’ve been busy with other endeavours. However, sometime during the Mandarin mission, I realised two things: 1. I found learning the Romance languages infinitely easier. 2. I was rubbish at remembering all I’d learned in the languages I already know. I […]

We’re back for another edition of the Language bug weekly round up. Seeing as I wrote two articles in the last week on learning grammar, I thought I would do a themed edition of the round up this week and post some interesting links about whether you should learn grammar or not. I’ve tried to […]

Learning Grammar is not usually fun. Today we’re going to talk about how to Make learning Grammar fun in a couple of steps. This is something I personally use to make learning grammar fun, so it’s not some sort of “5 steps to lose 28lbs of fat by tomorrow” story or anything. It requires two […]

A site I visit had a discussion about the best way to learn a language. Like a moth to a flame, I flew in. There were some great suggestions, outside of the usual “A tool is not a method” problem. However, one disturbing thing I noticed was a tendency for a lot of the participants […]

It’s been a while, but we’re making progress behind the scenes at Language bug. There’s a lot of stuff going on that we’re very excited about, but it’s a bit soon to tell. However, what we can say is that in the interim, we’ve been scouring the net for cool language learning blog links so […]

As all regular readers of the Mandarin project know, I started by originally intending to learn just the Chinese characters as my writing system. Eventually, I stopped and learned a hybrid of simplified characters and traditional characters. Still, the resource I used to learn those characters was Tuttle Learning Chinese Characters for the Beginner learner. This […]

You have already heard of Pimsleur. In my Mandarin overview I told you how I used it. It’s a great resource. There are some drawbacks though. I hope this review will be a conclusive set of views on it. Pimsleur Mandarin: The Good Its great for showing you in practice what the Mandarin IPA is […]

It’s been a while since I wrote the “About Language Bug” page. In the last few weeks, viewing figures have increased massively. Whilst this is wonderful, I really started to look hard at the site. Now people are actually reading, I figured it was important that the site actually be a bit more presentable. Seeing […]